Friday, November 20, 2015

End World War III

Parable of the Broken Window, the loss of war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHkher6ceaA 8:32

Perhaps if the clueless masses won't listen to "lunatic" fringe blogs or Sergei Lavrov,
they'll listen to a US Congresswoman who served two tours of duty in
Iraq and who is now telling Americans that The White House, The
Pentagon, and most especially the CIA are together engaged in an
"illegal" effort to overthrow the government of a sovereign country and
in the process are arming the very same extremists that are attacking
civilians in places like Paris:

With the cost of US MENA Wars exceeding $7 Trillion according to a Nobel Laureate Economist, time for a little perspective on the forgotten freedom and prosperity of peace.

Crusade

The word "crusade" was used by US PresidentGeorge W. Bush first on the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks and on the national day of mourning which honored the
death of the more than 3,000 victims of the attacks. He said that "this
crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while."

The use of this figure of speech was criticized in Europe, and Arabic-speaking
countries. Supporters of the President's usage of "crusade" argue that
from context Bush had used the word in a military, non-religious sense,
such as "The Great Crusade" which was the phrase used by General Dwight D. Eisenhower to describe the D-Day invasion of Europe to the Allied troops in his order of the day broadcast.In predominantly Muslim parts of the world, the
term crusade produced the same sort of negative reaction as the term jihad did in much of the West.In a Newsday article issued December 3, 2003, political commentator James Pinkerton counted eight crusades between 1096 and 1270, and
characterized them as "defensive wars."

Pinkerton numbered the War on Terrorism as the
"Twelfth Crusade."Pope Francis supported possible military action against ISIS, another call for a twelfth crusade.

The War on Terrorism

U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush, from a press conference upon arrival at the South Lawn of the White House,
September 16, 2001. : "We need to go back to work tomorrow and we will.
But we need to be alert to the fact that these evil-doers still exist.
We haven't seen this kind of barbarism in a long period of time. No one
could have conceivably imagined suicide bombers burrowing into our
society and then emerging all in the same day to fly their aircraft —
fly U.S. aircraft into buildings full of innocent people — and show no
remorse. This is a new kind of — a new kind of evil. And we understand.
And the American people are beginning to understand. This crusade, this
war on terrorism is going to take a while. And the American people must
be patient. I'm going to be patient. But I can assure the American
people I am determined, I'm not going to be distracted, I will keep my
focus to make sure that not only are these brought to justice, but
anybody who's been associated will be brought to justice. Those who
harbor terrorists will be brought to justice. It is time for us to win
the first war of the 21st century decisively, so that our children and
our grandchildren can live peacefully into the 21st century."

In fact, the first war of the 21st century was neither won nor stopped. 37.6% of Americans were out of work. Our freedom and standard of living continued to fall with the war on terrorism.US President George W. Bush, from a rally for the troops in Alaska,
February 16, 2002. : "I want to tell you something, we've got no better
friends than Canada. (Applause.) They stand with us in this incredibly
important crusade to defend freedom, this campaign to do what is right
for our children and our grandchildren."Alexander Cockburn, "The Tenth Crusade," Counterpunch,
September 7, 2002. : "Islamic fanatics flew those planes a year ago and
here we are with a terrifying alliance of Judaeo-Christian fanatics,
conjoined in their dreams of the recovery of the Holy Lands of the West
Bank, Judaea and Samaria.

War on Terror? It's back to the late
thirteenth century, picking up where Prince Edward left off with his
ninth crusade after St Louis had died in Tunis with the word Jerusalem
on his lips."James Pinkerton, "Century In, Century Out - It's Crusade Time," Newsday,
December 4, 2003. : "And now, in 2003, the Americans, the Twelfth
Crusaders. The West is no longer 'Christendom,' but we, as first cousins
to the Europeans, retain the old faith and bring new kinds of idealism,
such as democracy and human rights. But the Crusader spirit is still
there; it's still about bringing civilization and salvation of a
backward people. As the born-again George W. Bush says, 'This is about
good vs. evil.'"In August 2001 The Philadelphia Trumpet, a Protestant magazine, published article The Last Crusade
with opening lines "Most people think the crusades for Jerusalem are a
thing of the past—over forever. They are wrong. Preparations are being
made for a final crusade, and it will be the bloodiest of all!":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Crusade_%28CounterPunch%29

In Muslim Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and for many of the world's 1.6 Billion Muslims, the meme of the Twelfth Imam or Mahdi's return to proclaim Islam as the true religion fuels their rationale of the fight against 2.2 Billion Christians. An increasing clash with Israel and Christianity for ultimate justice are two
indications to Shiites the Mahdi’s return could be near:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Mahdi

The Western War Meme is this:

Satan Freed, Doomed

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.